Smrť ministra

I am occasionally overcome by a bout of bad conscience about the fact that I do not know Slovak dramatic works, and this was supposed to fill in some of the gaps. If a TV station had filmed the story of a communist official who ended his life in a Nazi prison in 1973, the television adaptation would have looked essentially the same. A similarly cheap set design, identical shots of talking heads, and essentially nothing has changed in production methods over 35 years, which is a sad realization. I was also bothered by details such as the dialogue lines of Clementis's lawyer, who as a proven comrade would hardly utter certain phrases, even if it were a few hours before his client's execution under such extreme conditions. Overall impression: 35%. (06.10.2022)